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unto_o he_o firm_a resolution_n camp_n to_o gain_v etc._n etc._n if_o we_o think_v to_o obtain_v a_o christian_a resolution_n we_o must_v put_v away_o hypocrisy_n out_o of_o our_o heart_n and_o falsehood_n out_o of_o our_o understanding_n we_o must_v entertain_v truth_n and_o keep_v close_a to_o devotion_n and_o then_o the_o lord_n gracious_o will_v be_v please_v both_o to_o enable_v we_o with_o a_o will_v to_o resolve_v and_o with_o a_o power_n to_o do_v prayer_n blessed_v chapel_n visit_v accustom_v thyself_o to_o thy_o hour_n of_o devotion_n as_o well_o as_o be_v mindful_a to_o pray_v at_o all_o time_n convenient_a pray_v in_o season_n and_o out_o of_o season_n deus_fw-la in_o adjutorium_fw-la meum_fw-la intend_v domine_fw-la ad_fw-la adjuvandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v psal._n 70._o o_o god_n haste_v thou_o to_o deliver_v i_o make_v haste_n to_o help_v i_o o_o lord_n whereupon_o cassiodore_n expound_v the_o useful_a and_o very_a comfortable_a meaning_n huius_fw-la versiculi_fw-la oratio_fw-la in_o adversis_fw-la ut_fw-la eruamur_fw-la in_fw-la prosperis_fw-la ut_fw-la servemur_fw-la ne_fw-la extollamur_fw-la incessabili_fw-la iugitate_v fundenda_fw-la est_fw-la the_o prayer_n that_o be_v narrow_o contain_v in_o this_o short_a verse_n be_v continual_o to_o be_v pour_v forth_o without_o cease_v or_o weariness_n as_o well_o in_o adversity_n lest_o we_o be_v swallow_v up_o with_o sorrow_n or_o overthrow_v with_o difficulty_n as_o in_o prosperity_n that_o we_o may_v be_v preserve_v from_o be_v puff_v up_o therewith_o and_o too_o much_o exalt_v huius_fw-la ergo_fw-la versiculi_fw-la meditatio_fw-la in_o tuo_fw-la pectore_fw-la indirupta_fw-la volvatur_fw-la hunc_fw-la in_o opere_fw-la quolibet_fw-la ministerio_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o intinere_fw-la constitutus_fw-la decantare_fw-la non_fw-la desinas_fw-la hunc_fw-la et_fw-la dormiens_fw-la et_fw-la reficiens_fw-la et_fw-la in_o ultimis_fw-la naturae_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la meditare_fw-la let_v 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